Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Had my sister Kathy not invited me to a Milwaukee Bucks game this weekend, I might never have known how grueling her cancer treatments are. She certainly would never have told me. Kathy doesn't like her cancer to inconvenience anyone else. A stage four breast cancer battler since 2016, Kathy has been astonishingly matter-of-fact about [...]
We brought our own inspiration to Rochester yesterday, packed her into the passenger seat and enjoyed her chatty commentary. But, had we needed it (and who doesn't?) we would have found inspiration in every corner of Mayo Clinic. You see it on faces, smell it in the fresh air and hear it reverberating through every [...]
On Saturday we toasted my sister Kathy at a bridal shower for her June wedding. We've raised our glasses often to Kathy, who literally has scaled more mountains than any of us. To celebrate the centennial, Kathy climbed Mount Rainier, a daunting effort for anyone but particularly for Kathy, who rose above significant health challenges [...]